I *THINK* she was trying to say we have enough laws already, but I have no idea honestly.

I am also thrilled to hear that Miss USA won the competition, as she is from Rhode Island. Because she went to a private high school in RI and I went to a private high school in RI, we are both a part of a very tight knit community, and so I can now brag and say I have 92 mutual Facebook friends with Miss Universe! Based on that, while we’ve never formally met, I’m sure we’ve been at the same school dances or some such thing over the years, which is kinda cool to think about.

lol i understand what she was trying to say- she was saying that we should just accept the laws we already have, just like if you’re a surfer waiting for a wave, you have to surf on whatever size and shape happens to come to you, you can’t change it.

but what a cop-out. she only said it because she couldn’t think of anything else XD

vegconservative on December 20, 2012 at 3:23 PM

that’s pretty cool =D

Awesome, reminds me of the blond southern girl a few years back who gave just as good of an answer.

I heard her through the nervousness, and less-than-masterful grasp of English. Most of her answer (unscrambled) was pretty danged good!

Asked what new law she’d create, Miss Venezuela said that we don’t need new laws other than those already written, or in the Constitution. She then said it’s up to us to lead a law-abiding (“straight”) life.

I suppose she wanted to squeeze in something personal in the few remaining seconds, so she blurted that she’s a surfer and that to ride the very best wave, you have to wait for it (patience–a virtue lawbreakers generally do not have).

“I think that any leyes [laws] that are in constitution or in life are already made. I think that we should have a straight (recto; derecho [just; upright; lawful]) way to go in our similar or in our lives. For example, I am a server [waitress], and I think that the best way that I can take is that I can wait (esperar [same word used for both “wait” and “hope”]) for it [does she mean “make your own lot in life and wait/hope for the better?] so please do the only law that we can do.

[***With my thoughts on how she may have mistranslated or left something out.]

I found a video of her being interviewed in Spanish on Telemundo. She handles herself much better in her native language. Apparently she’s speaks 4-5 languages (although, presumably not all of them well).

When asked about people associating beauty with a lack of intelligence, she actually brings up people thinking pageant contestants are stupid because they get nervous and don’t answer questions well. But she assures the interviewer (and the little girls of Venezuela) that if you study hard and prepare yourself properly, as she claims to have done, you will do “excellent.” Guess she jinxed herself.

“I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uh, some … people out there in our nation don’t have maps and uh, I believe that our, ah, education like such as in South Africa, and, uh, the Iraq, everywhere like such as, and I believe that they should, uh, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., or should help South Africa, it should help the Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future, for.”

Thank you. My expectations weren’t high enough to pay attention carefully, so I’d like to apologize to her in person for my terribly insulting previous comment on it. Please hit my the tip box using the PayPal button at ….

I *THINK* she was trying to say we have enough laws already, but I have no idea honestly.

I am also thrilled to hear that Miss USA won the competition, as she is from Rhode Island. Because she went to a private high school in RI and I went to a private high school in RI, we are both a part of a very tight knit community, and so I can now brag and say I have 92 mutual Facebook friends with Miss Universe! Based on that, while we’ve never formally met, I’m sure we’ve been at the same school dances or some such thing over the years, which is kinda cool to think about.

Exactly right. Miss Venezuela gave an otherwise great answer in a language she doesn’t speak very well. She’s almost bilingual, but not quite. Miss South Carolina, on the other hand, gave an incomprehensible answer because her IQ is roughly equal to her bust measurement. She is almost monolingual, but not quite. Big difference.

Reminds me of my brothers beautiful but painfully stupid wife from Brazil. She rambles on incoherently too. Trying to contribute to a conversation on global warming she once explained that we needed to recycle to prevent tsunamis.

She’s also afraid to go to the bars out here because the KKK will get her. She lives in LA and gets her news from MSNBC and is convinced the KKK will get her if she leaves the coasts.